42 hour work week

Our department is exploring various shifts that can maintain a 42 hour work week with staffing the staton 24/7. If anybody is currently working within these parameters, I would like to get some help in trying to put together a package for presentation to our chief. Any information would be gretly appreciated. Thanks

We work an average of 42 hours a week over a one year period. It works with a 4 platoon system. Here's how it works, Monday to Friday days (10 hours) off till the following Thursday nite work 4 nites (14 hours) finishing Monday a.m. off till the following Saturday work two day shifts (Sat and Sun.) come back in on Monday nite and work 3 nites (Mon, Tues,Weds) off till the day shift starts again on Monday morning. So a day shift is 50 hours a nite tour is 56 hours and a split is 62 but averaged out it is equivilent to a 42 hour week. Has some good advantages only work 2 weekends a month and the shortest off time is 4 days and the longest is 6 days off, as well it can save you some cash on daycare as you are home quite a lot thru the week days.

A 24 on 72 off schedule with 4 platoons averages out to 42 hours a week in a 28 day cycle. There are 2184 hours worked in a calender year with this schedule. Most months you work 7 days and 8 in a couple of the months. Not many people who work this shift dislike it.

In NJ we have worked 42 hr weeks since the early 70's. There is a split in that some towns work 10/14's other work 24/72.The trend is to go to the 24/72's. There are afew odd ball shifts but these are the main ones.

In 10/14 most people work to 10 hr days 1 off 2 14 hr nites 3 off,there are some that lose the the day off inbetween and get 4 off at the end.
24/72 is easy , 1- 24 3 off 1 24 3 off and so on. There is either 1 or 2 real small south jersey depts that do 24-48 but 24-72 is the ulitimate and what every one pushes for.